Durakovic: Internal Contamination with Uranium - The Diigo Meta page

• 26 Jun 08
  

  Shaun Fletcher

  uranium

  • The chemical toxicity of uranium has been recognized for more than two centuries
  • Animal experiments and human studies are conclusive about metabolic adverse  affects and nephro- toxicity of uranium compounds
  • reproductive and developmental toxicity
  • mutagenic and carcinogenic consequences of uranium internal contamination
  • The medical and environmental consequences of contamination with uranium  compounds present both a moral and legal requirement to control uranium exposure  to levels below those causing pathological alterations or death, either by its  immediate or long-term action

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